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  • 2021-02-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Did a Seattle Woman Find Cocaine in a Crochet Kit? (en)
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  • In February 2021, several news outlets reported on an unusual crime story, writing that a woman in Seattle, Washington, had found a substantial quantity of cocaine buried inside a crochet kit she bought from a local thrift store. On Feb. 24, Fox News published an article with the headline Seattle woman finds 1 kilo of cocaine in crochet kit she bought at thrift shop, police say. The article stated that: Similar articles were published by KCPQ, KOMO, WREG, and The Hill. Those reports were accurate. On Feb. 22, Seattle police described the episode in a news release, as follows: That statement erroneously described the store as being located in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. In fact, the 6400 block of Eighth Avenue Northwest is in the Ballard neighborhood. Police also released the following photograph of the package that contained the cocaine: The Goodwill thrift store effectively confirmed the woman had purchased the crochet kit there, in the following statement, which was provided to The Seattle Times: (en)
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